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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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